YEREVAN. – Tuesday’s Yerevan court hearing on the criminal case against second President Robert Kocharyan and former deputy prime minister Armen Gevorgyan—who is now an MP of the opposition “Armenia” Faction in the National Assembly of Armenia—was pushed back for two week.

Defense lawyer Hovhannes Khudoyan told the court that his client, ex-president Robert Kocharyan, could not come to court today due to illness.

Subsequently, Khudoyan submitted a respective statement and a notification, stating that if the court deems it necessary to publicize its text, it should do so behind closed doors.

The court, however, did not insist that the content be made public.

As per Khudoyan, according to preliminary information, the second president will need respective medical treatment for about 10 days.

Presiding Judge Anna Danibekyan, in turn, informed that she will attend training courses next week, and therefore she set the next court session for April 12.